Indian, Bangladeshis held in Malaysia (Lead)
June 25th, 2012 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, June 25 (IANS) Eighty-one illegal migrants, including an Indian, two Pakistanis and 33 Bangladeshis, have been detained in Malaysia.In a joint operation by 12 Malaysian government agencies, 81 illegal ... Read more...
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Iranian terror suspect flees Thailand
February 15th, 2012 - 7:12 pm ICT by IANS
Bangkok, Feb 15 (IANS) An Iranian who lost both his legs in a bomb blast in Thailand has been arrested along with a compatriot while a third Iranian managed to ... Read more...
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Woman charged with cheating stopped from taking India flight
May 20th, 2010 - 1:06 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, May 20 (IANS) A Malaysian Indian woman executive charged with cheating was stopped from boarding a flight to India by officials who fear she could abscond.
Former Maju Institute of ... Read more...
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Florida man arrested for posing as an immigration official
March 18th, 2010 - 1:01 am ICT by BNO News
MIAMI (BNO NEWS) – A Florida man was arrested for allegedly posing as an immigration official, prosecutors said Wednesday.Parasharm Maharaj, aka Paris Maharaj, 66, of Sunrise, Florida was purporting to be a ... Read more...
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Taiwan immigration official charged with molestation
March 14th, 2010 - 6:26 am ICT by IANS
Taipei, March 14 (DPA) A Taiwan immigration official has been indicted for sexually molesting four foreign women, a newspaper reported Sunday.
According to the United Daily News, Shih Pao-ning, 48, a National Immigration ... Read more...
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Honduras fires immigration chief for expelling Brazilian diplomat
January 31st, 2010 - 5:08 am ICT by IANS
Tegucigalpa, Jan 31 (IANS/EFE) Honduras' new government has fired its top immigration official after a Brazilian diplomat was denied entry into the country.
"In light of the undignified treatment offered to this diplomat ... Read more...
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Illegals from Bangladesh plague South Korea too
December 2nd, 2009 - 6:09 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 2 (IANS) Illegal migration from Bangladesh isn't India's headache alone.
According a senior immigration official from South Korea, now in Goa to attend the 8th Asia-Europe (ASEM) conference of Directors ... Read more...
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Labour’s open door migrant policy may have allowed Taliban to slip into UK
November 9th, 2009 - 1:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov.9 (ANI): Taliban terrorists may have been allowed to slip into Britain unhindered because of the ruling Labour party's open-door immigration policy, a British Home Office report has revealed.According to ... Read more...
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Cuban blogger protests travel ban
October 15th, 2009 - 4:11 pm ICT by IANS
Havana, Oct 15 (EFE) Internationally acclaimed blogger Yoani Sanchez has posted an entry protesting the Cuban government's decision to bar her from travelling to the US to receive an award.
"Bypass machines that ... Read more...
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Cuba bars blogger from US trip to receive honour
October 13th, 2009 - 12:27 pm ICT by IANS
Havana, Oct 13 (EFE) The Cuban government refused permission to prominent blogger Yoani Sanchez for travelling to the US to accept an honour from Columbia University, her husband said Monday.
Reinaldo Escobar told ... Read more...
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No need to take detention issue further, King Khan urges fans
August 17th, 2009 - 4:35 pm ICT by ANI
Houston (USA), Aug 17 (ANI): Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan on Monday asked his fans in India not to take the issue further, but added the America needs to offer a ... Read more...
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I don’t feel like stepping into the US again, says King Khan
August 16th, 2009 - 5:19 pm ICT by ANI
Chicago (US) Aug 16: Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan said on Sunday that he does not feel like stepping on American soil any more, but it is the love and affection ... Read more...
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Indian workers in Gulf air problems at diaspora meet
January 9th, 2009 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Jan 9 (IANS) Complaints of ill treatment of migrant workers by Indian immigration officials and by officials of Indian embassies abroad, the lack of higher education facilities for children of Indian ... Read more...
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Taiwan man hides wife, kids at home for 7 years
January 7th, 2009 - 4:01 pm ICT by IANS
Taipei, Jan 7 (DPA) A Taiwan man, fearing deportation of his Indonesian wife, hid her and their three children at home for seven years, an immigration official and a local news report ... Read more...
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Bus, train to Lahore finds few takers from Amritsar
December 28th, 2008 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
Amritsar, Dec 28 (IANS) Very few passengers from India are boarding the bus service from here to Lahore and Nankana Sahib in Pakistan and the numbers are likely to go down further ... Read more...
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Two held with forged passports in Kerala
August 19th, 2008 - 11:34 pm ICT by IANS
Kozhikode, Aug 19 (IANS) Two passengers with forged passports were arrested Tuesday by immigration officials at Kozhikode International Airport here.Both passengers arrived by a RAK Airways flight from Ras al-Khaimah in the ... Read more...
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Youth arrested at Kerala airport for forged passport entry
August 7th, 2008 - 10:31 pm ICT by IANS
Kozhikode, Aug 7 (IANS) A Kerala youth, coming from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), was arrested at the international airport here Thursday after his passport was found to have a forged immigration ... Read more...
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Expatriates in Gulf fall victim to fake passport rackets
July 26th, 2008 - 11:44 am ICT by IANS
By Jeevan Mathew Kurian
Kozhikode, July 26 (IANS) Police in Kerala believe well-entrenched networks are supplying fake passports to Indian expatriates in Gulf countries, with as many as five arrests this week. Immigration ... Read more...
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Two Indians ‘missing’ in New Zealand on flight home
July 20th, 2008 - 8:04 pm ICT by IANS
By Neena Bhandari
Sydney, July 20 (IANS) Two of the 40 Indian men, who disappeared in New Zealand en route to attend the Catholic Church's just concluded week-long World Youth Day (WYD) festivities ... Read more...
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Chaos at Delhi airport, dozens of flights delayed
March 9th, 2008 - 12:25 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Hundreds of passengers at the Delhi airport had a harrowing time early Sunday after out of season fog engulfed the runway delaying dozens of international and domestic ... Read more...
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